TripAdvisor Reviews Ziyuan Hollyear Hotel Dong'an County

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... at Lucy's cafe. It had a full English breakfast with yunnan coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice. Also home made fresh whole meal bread. Very delicious. Ting Ting showed us around after breakfast. Where the laundry, supermarket and best place in town to get a massage were. We had the rest of the day free but opted to go to a cooking class in the afternoon followed by the light show at night. We first found our way around town ...

... because we grow a lot of it in England. He was stunned because he thought it only grew in China. What a sheltered life these Chinese people have led... My personal highlight was on the way back to the school where Jackie bought me ice cream and we had a conversation about religion, specifically Islam. His view on the burka was, and I quote, 'I don't understand how they go out to eat or go to the beach. It must be hard for them to watch other ...

... incredibly fast so I could barely understand them but I think they were pretty happy we'd finally introduced ourselves. Then, because I am a pig, I asked in Chinese if they knew anywhere where we could get ice cream because I really wanted one. They looked a little confused and then explained that they could show us if we followed them. We all know how I LOVE crazy adventures so I immediately agreed. They then took us out of the park and down this narrow back alley. At ...

... they just kept shouting 'AMERICA' and then resorted to the obvious choice, 'AUSTRALIA'. I was surprised they could even pronounce it so I gave them brownie points for that. Eventually we got to 'England' and I wrote it on the board. We kicked off with a rousing game of FILL IN THE BLANKS. Yes, I am nothing if not creative. I just had kids stand up and say what their name and favorite sport was and it worked a treat. Except some kids found it far too easy and ...

... The weather had started to get really bad and it was depressing Martin and I both. It was set to warm up but that was little consolation when you're being buffeted by chill wind and your heater is breaking. I decided to brave the weather anyway and was determined to go dress shopping. I took the bus into town and started walking down the high street. However, 'good service' in China entails one of the store clerks following you around ...